If you continue to hate, you are entering into the same
philosophy that began the war. You have to look forward at people
and new times. ~ Roman Polański (born 18 August 1933)

proposed by Kalki

2006

When childhood dies, its corpses are called adults and they
enter society, one of the politer names of hell. That is why we
dread children, even if we love them. They show us the state of our
decay. ~ Brian
Aldiss (born 18 August 1925)

proposed by Kalki

2007

What we say is the truth is what everybody accepts ...
Psychiatry: it's the latest religion. We decide what's right and
wrong. We decide who's crazy or not. I'm in trouble here. I'm
losing my faith. ~ Madeleine Stowe as "Dr. Kathryn Railly"
in Twelve
Monkeys (born 18 August 1958)

proposed by Kalki

2008

Oh, my Lolita, I have only words to play with! ~ Vladimir
Nabokov in Lolita
(50th anniversary of its publication in the United States on 18
August 1958)

proposed by MosheZadka

2009

Tho' the world could turn from you,
This, at least, I learn from you:
Beauty and Truth, tho' never found, are worthy to be sought,
The singer, upward-springing,
Is grander than his singing,
And tranquil self-sufficing joy illumes the dark of
thought.
~ Robert Williams Buchanan ~

proposed by Zarbon

2010

Suggestions

The pleasure and joy of man lies in treading down the rebel and
conquering the enemy, in tearing him up by the root, in taking from
him all that he has. - Genghis Khan, died this day.

3 AllanHainey 12:00, 26 July 2005 (UTC)

3 ~ MosheZadka (Talk) 06:32, 31 July 2005 (UTC)

1 Kalki 12:00, 16 August 2007 (UTC)

2 InvisibleSun 23:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

3 because the desire to completely dominate exists in mankind
and this quote says it perfectly, Khan had the tendency to say it
as it was. Zarbon 15:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

3 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12
August 2009 (UTC) Not for the content / meaning, but I think it
fits well as QOTD.

You have to show violence the way it is. If you don't show it
realistically, then that's immoral and harmful. If you don't upset
people, then that's obscenity. ~ Roman Polański (date of birth)

3 Kalki 12:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

3 InvisibleSun 23:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

2 Zarbon 15:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

3 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12
August 2009 (UTC)

I can't help believing that these things that come from the
subconscious mind have a sort of truth to them. It may not be a
scientific truth, but it's psychological truth. ~ Brian Aldiss (born 18
August 1925)

3 Kalki 12:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC)

3 InvisibleSun 23:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 15:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

2 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12
August 2009 (UTC)

Whatever creativity is, it is in part a solution to a problem. ~
Brian Aldiss (born
18 August 1925)

3 Kalki 12:12, 16 August 2005 (UTC) I would rank this as one of
the best as yet suggested here, but feel a certain inclination to
use the Madeleine Stowe quote on Psychiatry this year in
expectation of using the Nabokov one next year.

3 InvisibleSun 23:31, 17 August 2007 (UTC)

1 Zarbon 15:42, 24 April 2008 (UTC)

2 Peace and Passion ("I'm listening....") 05:55, 12
August 2009 (UTC)

Ach! I know. If I were to play the Pathetique or the
Moonlight Sonata for the high judges, they would let me
off. But my defense unfortunately will not be musical. ~ Walther Funk (born
August 18)

3 because the sheer thought of a musical defense would be
interesting. Zarbon 04:29, 18 April 2008 (UTC)

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